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Paris 'anti-Semitic' T-shirt probe French prosecutors have opened an investigation after T-shirts carrying anti-Semitic slogans were seen on sale in a shop in Paris. The tops carried slogans in German and Polish that translate as "Jews forbidden from entering the park". They were reproduced from signs from 1940 that targeted the Jewish community in the Polish town of Lodz. The sales assistant at the Parisian store, in the Belleville district, said one person had bought five of the grey, sleeveless garments for about 18 euros ($27) each. She said she did not understand what the inscription meant. The neighbourhood of Belleville in eastern Paris has been the site of ongoing scuffles between groups of Jewish youngsters and youths of North African origin. France has one of the largest Jewish communities outside Israel, numbering about half a million people. 13.08.08 |